Colombian Fruit Salad
The Colombian fruit salad: mixed fresh fruit with cream and condensed milk, topped with a scoop of ice cream and grated fresh cheese. The cheese is what makes it Colombian, mild and faintly salty against the sweet fruit. Fifteen minutes, no cooking. Serves four.
Servings: 4
Calories: 313kcal
Ingredients
- 2 green apples
- 2 peaches
- ½ cup strawberries
- 2 bananas add last: they brown and soften fastest
- 1 slice papaya
- 3 slices pineapple, core removed the core stays fibrous however ripe the fruit is
- 1 cup cream (crema de leche) pouring cream, not whipped and not sour cream
- Queso doble crema, grated, to taste queso fresco or queso blanco in the US; a mild fresh cheese for grating, not cream cheese
- 4 scoops ice cream any flavour you like
- Condensed milk to taste, drizzled over
Instructions
- In a large bowl, put the papaya, peach and pineapple cut into small cubes.
- Add the strawberries and the banana cut into slices. Add the banana last, since it softens and browns fastest.
- The apple can be cut into half moons or small cubes, whichever you prefer.
- Mix the fruit gently.
- Add the cream and the condensed milk and mix carefully, so the softer fruit does not break up.
- Serve, and top each bowl with grated cheese and a scoop or two of ice cream. Do this at the last moment: dressed early, the fruit weeps and the salad turns watery.
Notes
Add or swap fruits as you like: the mix matters more than the specific list. What should not change is the finish, which is what makes it Colombian: cream, condensed milk, ice cream and grated fresh cheese on top.
Nutrition
Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 692mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 726IU | Vitamin C: 56mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 1mg